Böcker av Barbara Prainsack

This volume brings together contributions exploring the mutual relationship between genetics, markets, societies, and identities in genetics and genomics. It draws upon the recent interdisciplinary debate on how socio-cultural factors influence attitudes towards the usage of, and the belief in, 'genetics2.

Drawing on a research sample of over 50 interviews carried out with prisoners in Portugal and Austria, this book shows how prisoners view crime scene traces, how they understand crime scene technologies, and what effect they attribute to the existence of large police databases on their own lives, careers, and futures.